Engine Room Fires & Local Fire Extinguishing Systems

Path Planning Algorithm for Extinguishing Forest Fires

One of the major impacts of climatic changes is due to destroying of forest. Destroying of forest takes place in many ways but the majority of the forest is destroyed due to wild forest fires. In this paper we have presented a path planning algorithm for extinguishing fires which uses Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks (WSANs) for detecting fires. Since most of the works on forest fires are bas...

Line based Geometrical Path Planning Algorithm for Extinguishing Forest Fires

In this work a mathematical approach based path planning of actor which uses equation of a straight line passing through two points is proposed to extinguish forest fires. Forest domain is considered as a square area and is tessellated into n x n cells (small squares) of desired size. The Actor which performs actions similar to the actions performed by a robot is assumed to be available at one ...

Effectiveness of Hot Aerosol Extinguishing Agent in Suppressing Oil Fires at Different Locations

As a suitable candidate for the next halon alternative gaseous fire-extinguishing agent, it is very meaningful to investigate how to improve the fire-extinguishing capacity of hot aerosol fire extinguishing agents for local fires. When fire breaks out, the actual fire location is unpredictable, and the extinguishing efficiency of hot aerosol extinguishing agent will be observably affected by th...

Fires and explosions in the operating room.

Jet Fires: a “Minor” Fire Hazard?

Jet fires have received only a rather reduced attention as compared to other types of fires; this is probably due to the fact that they are usually much smaller that fireballs, pool fires or tank fires. However, jet fires often occur in areas where there is other equipment and the probability of flames impinging on a pipe or a vessel can be high. Furthermore, due to the turbulence of the phenom...